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- Title
Examination of motor function in lesions of the spinal cord by stimulation of the motor cortex.
- Authors
Thompson, P. D.; Dick, J. P. R.; Asselman, P.; Griffin, G. B.; Day, B. L.; Rothwell, J. C.; Sheehy, M. P.; Marsden, C. D.
- Abstract
Electrical stimulation of the motor cortex was performed in 3 patients with cervical cord trauma and in 3 with cervical myelopathy caused by cervical spondylosis. Abnormal conduction in central motor tracts was demonstrated in 5 of the 6 patients; yet in 4 of these, cortical somatosensory evoked potentials from the same limb were of normal latency. In the remaining patient who had normal motor latencies, the somatosensory evoked potentials were delayed on one side. Electrophysiological examination of the motor pathways by cortical stimulation may therefore be of considerable value in the assessment and management of patients with traumatic and compressive disease of the spinal cord.
- Publication
Annals of Neurology, 1987, Vol 21, Issue 4, p389
- ISSN
0364-5134
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/ana.410210412